National Republican., 1887-05-10
TBE SMALL THINGS OF A DAY,
Minor Occurrences In and About the
City.

Minor Occurrences In and About the
City.
Tooth filling made painless by the use OF
cocaine by s. T. Mason, dentist. 1261 Pennsyi-
Vania avenue northwest.
Samuel g. .Pentz was yesterday admitted 10
the District bar.
wv. CODY and e. @. Watts, of the Washing
ton asylum, have resigned their positions.
The complaint against the show at 62l Penn.
sylvania avenue has been referrei 10 Maj.
Maj. Moore has been relieved. at his own
request, from further service on the flre.escape
board.
Thomas II. Titman has been appointed a
United States commissioner and examiner In
chancery.
Charles T. Kidwell has been appointed a
latorer in the telephone service, District of
Columbia, vice Henry McEnrone removed.
The commissioners will shortly have an iu-
terView with livery men with view to fixing
the hack and cab rates on more equitable
basis.
Sexton and DAILY arc In active training for
the coming billiard contest, which will take
place at Albaugh's Opera House during the
drill week.
Mr.. }. W. Reed, a cigar dealer at Ninth and
+ streets, has removed the little lithograph
pictures OF actresses from his windows at the
request OF the police.
Work was commenced yesterday by Mr.. J. w.
Drfgsley, the new superintendent OF the navy
yard, with o small force, which will be In
creased as the week progresses.
Capt. Griffin, of the engineers Office, has
complained that the Contractors carts used IN
hauling earth to fill up Babcock lake are de-
fective, and scatter dirt in the streets.
VIM. johnson, colored man Of East Wash
ington who wanted to whip several citizens of
that section Saturday night. was fined $40 or
thirty days yesterday by Judge Snell
Julius Chamberlain, who keeps cook shop
at Ninth street and Grant avenue, was fined
slO5 yesterday by Judge Smell for keeping an
unlicensed bar. An appeal was noted.
The office of Fox & Merrill, Sixth aud X
streets northwest, was entered on Friday night
and an attempt made TO break open the safe
with an ax, but II proved unsuccessful.
District Attorney worthington Yesterday, 10
tbe criminal court, entered n nolle pros. Gin
the case OF VIM. A. AitkeD, Robert A. Sparks,
and Charles g. Foster, indicted for larceny.
owners of premises on which there is un.
paid water main taxes VIII be notified by the
commissioners of the amounts due and re.
quekted 10 pay up or show cause why II should
not become lien.
Walter s. Harbin has applied for man.
damus upon City Surveyor William Forsyth,
TO compel him TO receive plat of sublot 10,
squBr 400, and II found correct to make record
fthe same upon the District plat book.
As it is to be expected that the city will be
full Of visitors from now until the end OF the
present month the BARRIERS Assembly has
granted permission for shops to keep open after
eo'clock until the goth instant to accommodate
the strangers.
Francis Kettling, who was committed to Jail
last Saturday by United States Commissioner c.
s. Bundy to await further hearing on the
charge of presenting a false affidavit in
pension case, was yesterday released on his
personal recognizance.
Permission has been granted the presidents of
| the citizens committees. by the judges of the
supreme court of the District, to occupy the old
| circuit court room for the meetings OF the com.
| mittee of one hundred. The first meeting will
be held there next Monday evening at s o clock.